资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprinkled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sprinkling}.] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to
   sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to
   spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D.
   sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See {Spring}, v. i., and
   cf. {Sprent}.]
   1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed,
      etc.

   2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops
      or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth
      with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.

   3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
      quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

            Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
                                                  --Heb. x. 22.

资料来源 : WordNet®

sprinkled
     adj : sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
           [syn: {besprent}]